Excavation at 50 Hudson Yards is nearing completion, and thanks to an aerial by Archartdescon, we can see that foundation work has also now commenced. Construction is advancing with incredible speed, and most of the site has been cleared since YIMBY’s last report in November. The pace isn’t too surprising when one considers the several excavators operating simultaneously. Related Companies is responsible for the Hudson Yards development.
50 Hudson Yards, image by Archartdescon
Spanning an entire city block, 50 Hudson Yards will be the fourth largest commercial office tower and the most expensive one in New York City upon completion. Its total cost is expected to be just shy of $4 billion. Once complete, the 985-foot tall structure will yield 2.9 million square feet within. The building has already secured one anchor tenant, with BlackRock agreeing to lease 850,000 square feet.
50 Hudson Yards, with 30 Hudson Yards (at right) and the No. 7 Subway. Credit: Related-Oxford
Foster + Partners is responsible for the architecture.
Hudson Yards’ Master Plan
50 Hudson Yards is the final tower to rise in Related Companies’ phase one of Hudson Yards. Phase Two, as known as The Western Yards, will be located across the several blocks between 11th and 12th Avenue. The seven-building development will create residential space, one office complex, and a school for K-8th grade education. Of the 6.22 million square feet created, two million square feet will be office, four million will be for residential use, 100,000 square feet will be retail, and 120,000 square feet will be for the school.
50 Hudson Yards from 2007 (top) 50 Hudson Yards with surrounding towers (December 2017)
Some exploration on Google Maps can reveal how much the neighborhood has changed. The two-story McDonalds that used to occupy the area is perhaps the most amazing example of how rezoning can affect the city.
50 Hudson Yards construction site, image by NYConstructionPhoto
The lot has been in the news lately because of a dispute between Related Co. and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York. The tension has risen following the proposal to use “open shop” crews for phase two, according to The Real Deal.
50 Hudson Yards construction site, image by NYConstructionPhoto
Completion is expected by 2022.
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Please pardon me for using your space: Do you like bottle on the 44-story?
That is a weird comment.
Open shop means open season on unions.
Union labor built this great city.
And it continues to do so.
But Related wants to shamefully destroy unions
– with open-shop construction hiring
on this second major phase of Hudson Yards.
The name “Related” will be remembered not for its buildings,
but for its right-wing greed and union-busting tactics.
And the quality of Related’s edifices
will reflect their race to the bottom,
in terms of the labor they choose.
In other words, Related’s lack of integrity
will likewise be exhibited in their buildings.
You get what you pay for, Related.
you socialist pig, unions are useless and cost EVERYONE more money in the process. go to hell karl marx.
Open shop = illegal non tax paying workers
Working for greedy related
lazy socialist, unions are the greedy ones
NON-UNION. Related Companies trying to destroy Union Trades of the USA.
New Leaf is the NON-UNION garbage company building this location you see in the pictures.
To the Author, “Construction is advancing with incredible speed” is complete bullshit. I’m a Local 46 Ironworker Lather and can tell you the foundation currently built by these SCABS are unorganized, mismanagement, skilless, and unsafe.
lazy socialist, go check detroit and flint to see what happens when you use unions
CountMein for Union Labor!!! Related is looking to build it cheap! Not better!!! Use Union Labor for the right professional job!!
lazy socialist
This is an absolute disaster that Unions provide a better middle class and Related is watering that down
go get a real job and stop depending on union socialist overpriced mobster system
Chunky, clunky dull witted box, a throwback to the worst of the 1970’s. What a wasted opportunity.